Hoisting apparatus for dyeing and other machines.



HOISTING APPARATUS PGR DYEING AND` OTHER MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED FBB,14, 1907.

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' No. 878,399. PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

J. HUSSDNG.

HOISTING APPARATUS FOR DYEING AND DTHER MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED IBB. 14, 1907.

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JOSEPH HUSSONG, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HUSSONG DYEING MACHINE COMPANY, OE GROVEVILLE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

HOISTING APPARATUS FOR DYEING- AND OTHER MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1908.

Application filed February 14:. 1907. Serial No. 357.351.

To all whom it may concern:

of the shaft C is a gear wheel c2, `which is ar- Be it known that I, JOSEPH HUssoNG, a ranged to mesh with a pinion e on the armacitizen of the United States, residing ini Camden, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Hoisting Apparatus for Dyeing and other Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hoisting mechanism used in placing yarn frames in the vats of a dyeing machine, removing said frames from the vats and transferring them to a position at one side of the vats.

The object of my invention is to so construct the hoisting mechanism that one motor can be used to either propel the carriage or to operate the drums for lifting the yarn frame.

This object 1 attain in the Jfollowing manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l, is a plan view, illustrating my improved hoistingl mechanism 5 Eig. 2, is a side view; Eig. 3, is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3, Eig. 2; Fig. 4L, is a transverse sectional view on the line 4L--4, Fig. 2;,Eig. 5, is a face view of the controller, and Eig. 6, is a view in elevation showing the location of the carriage in respect to a dye vat. i

T will describe my invention as a hoist to be used in connection with a dye vat or a series of dye vats in a dye house.

A-A are two rails mounted above one or more dye vats WV and so arranged that the hoist can be shifted either to a position directly above the dye vat, or it can be moved to a position at one side of the dye vat to receive or discharge the yarn.

B is the frame of a carriage constructed in the manner clearly shown in Figs. l and 2, and on this frame are two shafts Del) having grooved wheels cZ-d at their outer ends arranged to travel on the tracks A-A.

The shafts D-D are mounted in bearings d in the frame and each shaft has a worm Wheel D meshing respectively with worms C-C and a shaft C at right angles to the shaftsD. The shaft C is mounted in a bearing c on the frame of the machine and in bearings on casings E inclosing both the worm and the worm wheels. ff are stufling boxes, which are mounted in the casings so as to prevent the escape of lubricant, as I 'fill the casings with oil or other lubricant to allow the gearing to run in oil. On the end ture shaft e of a motor E when it is desired to move the carriage on the rails.

Mounted in bearings g-g carried on the frame B is a shaft G on which are the hoisting drums G in the present instance one at each end of the shaft. Attached to these hoisting drums are the chains or ropes eX- tending to the yarn frame of the dye vat. These chains or ropes have hooks at their lower ends which engage eyes on the yarn frame so that they can be attached to the frames when it is desired to place the frames with the undyed yarn in the vats or to remove the dyed yarn from the vats.

Cn the shaft G is a worm wheel g', shown clearly in Eig. 4, which meshes with a worm H on a shaft H mounted in a bearing h on the frame of the machine and in bearings c' on a casing 1, which incloses both the worm and the worm gear so that the gearing can run in oil, in one end of the casing is a stuifing box c" to prevent leakage of the oil from the casing. On the end of the shaft H is a gear wheel L, so situated that it will mesh with the pinion c of the motor E when the motor is shifted.

It is never necessary to operate the hoisting mechanism at the same time that the carriage is operated, so that one motor will answer for both purposes, and in order to connect the motor to either the hoisting mechanism or the carriage traversing mechanism, I mount the motor in the present instance on a frame E and on the under side of this frame are lugs c2 through which pass rods mw-m which are carried by brackets M-M secured to the frame B. The pinion c projects into the space between the two gear wheels 7L and c2 so that by shifting the motor frame E upon said rods m as guideways, the pinion is moved into gear with either the wheel c2 or the wheel h', according to whether it is desired to traverse the carriage or operate the hoisting shaft.

N is a shaft mounted in bearings m on the brackets M and this shaft has a screw threaded sleeve n attached thereto, which is adapted to a nut carried by a lug c3 depending from the motor frame E', The shaft N is also mounted in a bearing 7c on a bracket K projecting from the side of the mainframe B under one of the rails A and on the extreme end of the shaft is a chain or rope wheel n around which passes a hand chain extending I preferably mount a controller S on a bracket S extending from one side of the machine, as clearly shown in Fig. l, and pivoted at s is an arm s having contacts s2. Attached to each side of the frame, as shown in Fig. 5, are cords s3 leading to a position within easy access of the operator. The controller is connected to the motor in the ordinary manner and by moving the lever S either in one direction or the other, the motor can be reversed and more or less current can be supplied to the motor, or the entire current can be cut off, as desired.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Referring in the rst instance to Fig. 6, the carriage B is mounted on the rails A directly above one or more dye vats W and arranged to be mounted on the dye vat is the yarn frame w from which the yarn is suspended. If the yarn in the dye vat is to be removed, then the carriage B is placed in position directly over the vat and the chains attached to the yarn frame and the motor is shifted so as to allow its pinion to mesh with the wheel h. The controller arm is then shifted so as to throw power into the motor so that it will turn in one direction, coiling the chains upon the drums G/ and lifting the frame w out of the vat I/V. After it has reached a certain height, the motor is stopped, and is shifted so that its pinion will disengage the wheel f and engage the gear wheel c2; the worm wheel holding the shaft G in position. The controller arm is then moved so as to throw power into the motor again and the carriage B is traversed on its rails A-A so as to move the frame w to one side of the vat when the dyed yarn can be removed and other yarn placed in position, when the frame is moved back in position over the vat and lowered.

By making the worm wheel connections, as shown, each of the shafts D-D and G are locked when the motor is out of gear, so that there is no liability of the parts being shifted after the power is cut off. I have shown both the shafts D-D driven from the motor, but it will be understood that in some instances it may be necessary only to drive one of the shafts. In place of the toothed gear wheels c2 and h and pinion e, I may use, friction gears without departing from my invention.-

I claim 1. The combination in a hoisting apparatus, of a carriage, a traversing shaft on the carriage, wheels for said shaft, rails upon which the wheels travel, a drum shaft also having bearings on the carriage, a drum on the said shaft, a motor, gearing between the motor and the drum shaft, and gearing between the motor and the traversing shaft, guideways for the motor, with means for sliding bodily the motor on its guideways so as to operatively connect it with either of the` said shafts, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a carriage, a traversing shaft mounted on the carriage and having wheels, rails upon which the wheels are mounted, a drum shaft mounted on the carriage and having a drum, two shafts arranged at right angles to the said traversing shaft and drum shaft, worm gearing connecting one of said shafts with the traversing shaft and the other shaft with the drum shaft, a motor adjustably mounted on the carriage, means for shifting'the motor, said motor being arranged to be thrown into gear with either shaft substantially as described.

3. The combination of a frame, two shafts mounted on the frame, each shaft having wheels, tracks upon which the wheels are mounted, a worm wheel on one of said shafts, a shaft mounted at right angles to the said shaft, a worm on the said shaft, a gear wheel on the end of the said shaft, a drum shaft, a drum thereon, a worm wheel on the drum shaft, a shaft arranged at right angles tothe said drum shaft and extending parallel with the other driving shaft, a worm on said shaft meshing with the worm wheel, gear wheels on the driving shafts, said gear wheels being spaced apart, a motor adjustably mounted on the carriage, a pinion on the motor, with means for shifting the motor so as to throw the pinion into engagement with either of the gear wheels, substantially as described.

` 4. The combination of a carriage, two traversing shafts mounted on the carriage, and each having wheels, rails upon which the wheels are mounted, a driving shaft arranged at right angles to the said shafts and geared to both of the traversing shafts, a drum shaft having drums thereon, a driving shaft arranged at right angles to the drum shaft and geared thereto, gears on each of the driving shafts, a motor adjustably mounted on the carriage and having a pinion, with means for shifting the motor so as to throw said pinion into gear with either one of the gear wheels on the driving shafts, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a carriage, two traversing shafts mounted on the carriage, wheels on the said shafts, rails upon which the wheels are mounted, a driving shaft arranged at right angles to lthe traversing shafts, worm and worm gearing connecting each traversing shaft with the driving shaft,

a gear Wheel on said driving shaft, a drum shaft, two drums mounted thereon, a driving shaft for the said drum shaft, worin and worm gearing between the driving shaft and the drum shaft, a gear wheel on the said shaft, a motor adjustably mounted on the Said carriage, 4means for shifting the motor, said motor having a pinion arranged to be shifted into gear with the gear wheel on either of the driving shafts, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a carriage, a traversing shaft, wheels on the traversing shaft, a drum shaft, a drum thereon, two driving shafts, one geared to the traversing' shaft and the other geared to the drum shaft, each shaft having a gear wheel, brackets on the carriage, rods carried by the brackets, a motor frame mounted on the rods, a motor on the frame and havingl a pinion, the pinion of the motor extending between the two wheels of the driving shaft, with means for shifting the motor `frame so as to throw the motor into gear with either one of the driving shafts, substantiallyv as described.

7. The combination of a carriage, a traversing shaft, wheels on the traversing shaft, a drum shaft, two driving shafts, one gearing with the traversing shaft and the other with the drum shaft, gear wheels on each driving shaft, a motor frame, guides for the motor frame arranged at right angles to the driving shafts, a motor on thc frame having a pinion arranged to mesh with the gear wheels on the driving shafts, a nut on the motor frame, an operating shaft having a screw threaded portion engaging the nut on thc motor frame, and means for turning the operating shaft so as to shift the motor, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a carriage, a traversing shaft, wheels thereon, a drum shaft, two driving shafts arranged side by side, one geared to the traversing shaft and the other to the drum shaft, gear wheels on each shaft, a motor adjustably mounted on the car riage, means for adjusting the motor, a pinion on the armature shaft of the motor extending into the space between the two gear wheels, means for shifting the motor so as to throw its pinion into gear with either of the gear wheels, a controller' mounted on the carriage and connected to the motor, an arm pivoted to the controller, contacts on the arm, and operating cords extending vfrom the arm, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEP] l HUSSON G.

l lltvitnesses:

Jos. ll. KLEIN, WM. A. BARR. 

